Jimmy Wales wrote:
Sean Barrett wrote:
Jimmy Wales stated for the record:
steven l. rubenstein wrote:
Moreover, no one has mentioned "unpopular" content and Sean is just waving a red herring to distract us from a serious problem.
I fully and totally agree with every bit of this.
--Jimbo
Wow. I am such scum. Let this be a lesson to me.
Someone finding Sean's post here might assume (if they didn't check the history) that I was agreeing with the assessment of Sean's part in this discussion as "waving a red herring". I don't, and I apologize to Sean for inadvertantly also quoting this bit.
It's the mixed metaphor that does it. When people switch from waving red flags to waving red herrings the world has indeed become a more dangerous place. :-)
Ec